EXPERIENCE

Steve serves as Principal, Marketing for FMG Leading, a group of advisors, coaches and educators that help senior leaders align human capital development with corporate growth strategy to create breakthrough results. Steve came to FMG Leading as a speaker and trainer with over 17 years of experience in the luxury hospitality sector, where he held numerous senior leadership positions in the U.S.A, Caribbean and Asia. Steve began his career with Starwood Hotels & Resorts, starting at the front desk and rising up through middle management in several cities across the U.S. before joining The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company in April 2000 in Montego Bay, Jamaica. He held various leadership positions at three distinct Ritz-Carlton hotels before becoming the youngest General Manager in Ritz-Carlton history at the Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia property at age 29.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

During Steve’s nine-year tenure as General Manager at The Ritz-Carlton, Kuala Lumpur, the hotel won numerous awards and accolades, including recognition as the “Best Business Hotel in Malaysia” by Business Asia & CNBC Asia; and a place on Conde Nast Traveler’s exclusive “Gold List.” Travel & Leisure featured the property on their “Top 20 World’s Best Values,” “Greatest Hotels in the World” and “T & L 500” lists. Expedia named the hotel amongst the world’s top 1% on its “Insider Select List,” and the Independent U.K. named the property one of the “Top 5 Butler Hotels in the World.” Perhaps most notably while under Steve’s leadership, the hotel was named “Best Employer in Malaysia” four consecutive times by Hewitt & Associates during their biannual study. This earned him recognition on Human Capital Asia’s “Hot 40—Asia’s H.R. Superstars.” In 2010, Steve was named national “General Manager of the Year” at Malaysia’s Hospitality Asia Platinum Awards gala event.